Catalogue of Fine Judaica - Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic Art. [ Kestenbaum & Company, auction catalogue, sale date: 27 June 2000 ]

Kestenbaum & Company, New York, auction catalogue for the sale held on 27th June 2000. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to,. 99 pp in double-column format, ills. 337 lots. The sale comprised "the property of various owners including: Selections from a Private Collection in The Delaware River Valley; The Final Offering from a Distinguished European Collection of Hebrew Printed Books; The Late Herman Winter Library of Responsa Literature; A Private Collector of Significant Hebrew Manuscripts." From the introduction - "With a keen historical eye. Winter collected the entire panorama of Responsa and important Halachic Literature. Indeed, his Library covers a full spectrum, from the editions of the Teshuvoth HaGe'onim, Rishonim, 16th- and 17th-century Turkish, Polish, German and Italian codifiers through to decisors of the 20th century. In addition to the Library's importance for its wealth of rabbinic law, Winter fully appreciat¬ed the historical value of Responsa as a primary source of enlightenment concerning the simple daily life of Jews over the centuries. Many of his books were purchased from Europe's great scholarly booksellers — particularly Rabbi David Frankel — and contain important scholarly provenances. Minor tear to head of front wrapper, otherwise Good.